Mizusawa v. State

WELCH, Judge.

Hermanno M. Mizusawa was convicted of one count of possession of obscene matter containing a visual reproduction of a person under the age of 17 years, a violation of § 13A-12-192(b), Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Mizusawa to 8 years in prison; however, the trial court suspended the sentence and ordered Mizu-sawa to serve 18 months in prison followed by 2 years’ probation.

Facts

Because Mizusawa does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal, the following brief rendition of the facts will suffice:

The indictment charged Mizusawa as follows:

“Mizusawa ... did…